Frostbelt

American  

[frawst-belt, frost-] / ˈfrɔstˌbɛlt, ˈfrɒst- /

Or Frost Belt

noun

(often lowercase)

1. Snowbelt.

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Etymology

Origin of Frostbelt

First recorded in 1975–80; frost + belt

Example Sentences

Migration drained the Frostbelt in the late 1970s.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Mickey Kantor, the high-gear manager of Mondale's California effort, asserts that his man will not lose the state, despite his Frostbelt starchiness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Prestidge of the Northeast-Midwest Institute, a research center in Washington, B.C., is shared by state officials throughout the industrial Frostbelt.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before energy prices collapsed, the conventional wisdom held that America's economy was being split along have and have-not lines: a prosperous Sunbelt and a rusting Frostbelt.

From Time Magazine Archive